Did you know that it takes 12 hours for a series of robots to apply five coats of paint to a BMW vehicle and that, when completed, these layers add about 25 pounds to the vehicle? Folks who attended a special apprenticeship information session at Piedmont Technical College (PTC) on Feb. 22 learned this […]
Aftershocks from the Parkland, Florida, school shootings earlier this month continue to echo across the country. Surviving students from Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have shown themselves to be informed, articulate, and unwavering in their desire to tell their stories and to plead with those old enough to vote to do something, to […]
GUEST EDITORIAL Our Local Libraries By Patricia Bryan The Edgefield County public libraries operate as members of the Aiken-Bamberg-Barnwell-Edgefield Regional Library System. There is only one other multi-county system in South Carolina, Allendale-Hampton-Jasper. Founded in 1957, the ABBE Regional Library System offers many advantages to its member counties and their citizens. All personnel operations […]
Thurmond Burnett Phone: (803)637-6536 David T. Burnett Fax: (803)637-6006 Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home, Inc. Established 1902 801 Columbia Road Post Office Box 389 Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 www.edgefieldmercantilefh.com March 6, 2018 Harold L. Johnson Summerville, SC Harold Lee Johnson, 91, husband of Frances […]
Greenwood Man Killed in Crash on Martintown Road Deidre Williams, 33, of Greenwood, died Friday afternoon in a one car accident on Martintown Road between Republican Road and Sportsmans Corner. According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the accident occurred around 1:15 in the afternoon when Williams, who was traveling south on Martintown in a […]
Johnston Peach Blossom Festival Sponsored by the Johnston, S.C., Development Corporation Growing and Promoting the Johnston Area For Immediate Release Contact: Dean Campbell, Festival Publicity Chairman, (803) 275-3635 Entries Being Accepted for Arts and Crafts Vendors, Food Vendors for the Johnston Peach Blossom Festival The Johnston, S.C., Peach Blossom Festival is now […]
Thurmond Burnett Phone (803) 637-6536 David T. Burnett Fax (803) 637-6006 Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home, Inc. Established 1902 Post Office Box 389 Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 March 2, 2018 Lois W. Keesley Edgefield, SC Lois Woods Keesley, 91, wife of the late Archie […]
Edgefield County School District is reaping benefits from a federal law requiring power companies to invest in green energy. “Because we are a public institution,tax credits were of no use to school districts, so the SCE&G developed a program that would make solar energy an option for us,” explained James Courtney, ECSD Director of […]
Due to the recent attention brought to sexual assault and harassment issues, our goal is to present students with the opportunity to use their voices to empower survivors. Cumbee Center to Assist Abused Persons therefore is pleased to announce the 2018 writing contest beginning March 1, 2018. Entrants may submit an original short story or […]
Thurmond Burnett Phone (803) 637-6536 David T. Burnett Fax (803) 637-6006 Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home, Inc. Established 1902 Post Office Box 389 Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 February 28, 2018 Mrs. Laura M. Cuthbertson Edgefield, SC Mrs. Laura Mae Magill Cuthbertson, 82, wife of Donald C. […]